Where Have All the Marxists Gone? Marxism and the Historiography of the Mexican Revolution

Authors

  • Luis F. Ruiz University of Oregon

Keywords:

Mexican Revolution, Marxism

Abstract

This  article discusses how the interpretations  of various  Marxist  historians  shaped  the  historiography  of  the  Mexican Revolution.  Interpretive  models  developed  by  two  generations  of Marxists—those  from  the  1930s  and  their  counterparts  from  the1970s— influenced the way  scholars  perceived Mexican  history  in  generaland  the  Mexican  Revolution  in  particular.  Marxist  historians  broadly defined the Mexican Revolution as (a) an aborted or unfulfilled proletarian revolution,  and  (b)  the  victory  of  the  middle  class  bourgeoisie  and  the development of capitalism. The Marxist contribution, however, was belittled and marginalizedafter  1980  by  a  number  of  preeminent  Mexicanist  historians. This  study   focuses primarily  on the  work  of  scholars  who  developed  a more  comprehensiveand  detailed  analysis  of the  Revolution.

Published

2008-09-26

How to Cite

Ruiz, L. F. (2008). Where Have All the Marxists Gone? Marxism and the Historiography of the Mexican Revolution. A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 5(2), 196–219. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/598

Issue

Section

Dossier: II - El Marxismo y las visiones del pasado latinoamericano